AFM	Atomic force microscopy
CRC	Colorectal cancer
ECM	Extracellular matrix
EMT	Epithelial to mesenchymal transition
ER	Estrogen receptor
FISH	Fluorescence in situ hybridization
HER-2	Human epidermal growth factor receptor-2
HIF	Hypoxia inducible factor
HSCCa	Hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
IC50	Half-maximal inhibitory concentration
IDC	Invasive ductal carcinoma
IGF	Insulin growth factor
IL-6	Interleukin 6
KPC	Kras(G12D) p53(R172H)Pdx1
LINC	Linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton
MAPK	Mitogen activated protein kinase
MMP-9	Matrix metalloproteinase-9
NSCLC	Non-small cell lung cancer
OS	Overall survival
HSCC	Hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma
OV	Ovarian cancer
PanIN	Pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasia
PDAC	Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma
PR	Progesterone receptor
PSA	Prostate-specific antigen
RFS	Remission-free survival
SCID	Severe combined immunodeficient mice
SCLC	Small cell lung cancer
shRNA	Short-hairpin RNA
SNP	Single nucleotide polymorphisms
TGF-β	Transforming growth factor β
TNBC	Triple negative breast cancer